Mrs. Karen Casper-Linn
Dear Students, Parents, and Friends of St. Joseph School,
May is here and we are praying and honoring our Blessed Mother Mary at our annual Living Rosary and May Crowning on Wednesday, May 9th after 9 am Mass. Eighth graders, Emily Seng and Adam Wagner have been awarded the honor of leading our May devotional. Our Second grade communicants along with our Eighth grade graduating class join together in their finest attire to pray and sing the blessings of Mary the Mother of God. These two grades of students have partnered throughout the year for special projects and field trips. Their favorite memory together was their trip in October to the Shrine in Bellvue. Being a small elementary school gives us the opportunity to create buddies for our lower grade students with our upper grades. The mentoring and partnerships between these students creates a wonderful bond of friendship and the second graders have role models to look up to during the entire school year. It is always with a sense of sadness that we see our 8th graders take the next step in their education to a high school of their choice.
Mrs. Loos and our 4th and 5th grade Quest students traveled to St. Mary’s Vermilion to present their Independent Study Projects at an evening display last week. This is the second year that St. Joseph students joined students from St. Peter Lorain and St. Mary Vermilion to share their various projects. This year, some of the researched topics were Lizards, Agility dogs, Friendship APL, The Great Barrier Reef, The History of Tennis Shoes, Candy, Fireworks, D-Day, Cedar Point, and my favorite – Spiders (the models created were very lifelike yet harmless). Each student was asked to pick a topic in which they were interested, but didn’t know much about. After the research, a display board with information and pictures was created with any appropriate models to support the project. The displays were very impressive this year.
Our Art teacher, Susan Obral has submitted several art projects of SJS students to the Art show at the Amherst Public Library this month. Take some time to stop in and see these creative art pieces.
Mrs.Dianne Tucker and our Instrumental Bands will be holding an outdoor Concert on Thursday, May 17th at 1 p.m. In case of rain, we will move indoors.
That same evening Mrs. Gabriella Agostin will spotlight our classes with the annual Spring Choral Concert. It is May 17th at 7 p.m. I apologize for any inconvenience that the changed date made for parents and families. Rest assured next year, we will research the best date for all concerned – but we know that there will always be conflicts, since Spring and the end of the school year bring so many evening activities to attend.
I would like to close with this short prayer: Mary, Queen of Peace, look upon us kindly. Through your prayers obtain for us the gift of peace which your Son promised. We ask this through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, Son of God, Son of Mary, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen